I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 532 "You are Huang Tao, Taozi?"

After the transaction was completed, Fang Qingye did not stay for long before leaving the central bank headquarters building with Qiao Yongfeng.

It always felt a bit odd that the head of a small local bank was constantly hanging around the central bank headquarters.

"Qingye, I need to go to my office. What about you?" Qiao Yongfeng said to Qingye while standing at the entrance of the central bank.

"I'm going back to the hotel."

"Don't rush back to Nanxin. Director Liu from the Ministry of Commerce, as well as the heads of COFCO Group and China Grain Reserves Corporation, all want to see you. Let's arrange a time to talk about it," Qiao Yongfeng advised.

"Ha, I've become a hot commodity?"

"That's right. You also received Katia's report, right? One million tons of soybeans were directly loaded onto a COFCO cargo ship. Don't you think their boss will invite you for a couple of drinks?"

Qiao Yongfeng said in a humorous tone.

Fang Qingye laughed after hearing this: "If you see it, the drinking is yours."

"Okay, no problem. I'll have the driver take you back to your hotel?"

"No need, it's only a ten-minute walk. I'll walk back. You go ahead with your work."

"Okay, I'll contact you then."

Qiao Yongfeng left in an Audi, while Fang Qingye walked in the opposite direction.

Summer in Yanjing is still very hot. I didn't leave the hotel during the day, waiting for news from Huang Tao. Around 5 p.m., the girl's QQ avatar started moving again.

"My lord, shall we meet? At 7:30 pm, near the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square."

"Okay, but I haven't seen what you look like yet, so don't mistake me for someone else," Fang Qingye typed.

"Okay, I'll take a copy of Weekly Shonen Jump manga magazine."

"Ok."

Fang Qingye suddenly wanted to laugh.

This feels like the first date between a young man and woman in an old movie from the 1980s.
After having dinner alone at the hotel that evening, Fang Qingye changed into a T-shirt, casual pants, and sneakers before leaving the hotel and taking a taxi straight to Tiananmen Square.

It was almost seven o'clock in the evening. The weather was gradually cooling down, and the square was starting to get busier. Fang Qingye strolled to the vicinity of the monument and looked around. She saw a girl intently reading a magazine.

Is she Huang Tao from Dongguan?

Fang Qingye looked at the beautiful woman in a tight T-shirt and denim shorts with her long legs showing not far away and could hardly believe it.

He's quite tall.

Judging by appearance, she is over 1.7 meters tall, taller than Bai Ou, and about the same height as Wei Xinghua, a girl from Northeast China.

Her long, jet-black hair was casually tied behind her head; her gaze was focused; and her nose was high and straight, giving her an air of haughtiness and aloofness.

It's not like the somewhat chuunibyou (delusional) anime-style kawaii I imagined.
Why does she look like a mature, sophisticated woman?

The girl seemed to sense someone watching her, looked up and saw Fang Qingye, and smiled sweetly: "Hello, Fang Qingye."

"You're Huang Tao, Taozi?" Fang Qingye was a little unsure.

"Yes, I am Huang Tao, the most beautiful and youthful girl in the universe."

Such a cringeworthy username, coming from the mouth of this aloof beauty, has an inexplicable comedic effect.

Fang Qingye glanced at the magazine in the girl's hand; it was the Weekly Shonen Jump.

It seems to be true.

"Let's just walk around," Huang Tao said.

"Ah."

The two then strolled around the square.

As the sun sets, the evening glow gradually emerges from the clouds, and the appearance of fiery clouds makes the entire sky colorful. The square appears even more solemn and sacred under the glow of the sunset.

As Fang Qingye watched all this, she felt her soul being elevated in some way.

"I'm sorry," Huang Tao said suddenly, holding the magazine. "What?" Fang Qingye turned to look at the girl beside her.

"You invented Bitcoin and told me to keep it a secret, but I still leaked it to the relevant government departments. I'm sorry."

"Not just the central bank?" Fang Qingye understood the implication in Huang Tao's words.

"Yes, and relevant leaders from the Ministry of Finance and the China Banking Regulatory Commission."

Forget it, don’t ask anymore.

What you think is a secret is actually something that some people see as transparent.

"I had no choice but to do this," Huang Tao quickly explained when she saw Fang Qingye remain silent.

"You may not realize it, but you have opened a Pandora's box. Whether it releases angels or devils is unknown, but we must prepare for the future."

"I'm not blaming you, really." Fang Qingye said gently, "Telling the country is better than telling foreigners, right? Besides, they'll find out sooner or later anyway."

Hearing Fang Qingye's words, Huang Tao visibly relaxed. She continued, "Fang Qingye, you call me Taozi, so I'll call you Yezi. Calling you 'husband' isn't appropriate anymore." Huang Tao seemed to be answering her own question.
"I never expected you to donate so much, worth billions."

"I originally wanted to donate them all, but they didn't want them," Fang Qingye laughed. "These things aren't really of much use to me anyway."

“Yes, the government is about to issue a decree explicitly banning Bitcoin transactions,” Huang Tao said.

Huang Tao is right. Indeed, this year, in 2013, five departments, including the People's Bank of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, jointly issued a document to prevent the risks of Bitcoin.

This effectively bans the legal trading of Bitcoin in the country.

But that's not what I meant.

I don't lack money now, and I can make even more money. These hundreds of thousands of Bitcoins are just a burden to me.

Fang Qingye didn't want to explain further, so she just nodded.

Huang Tao then changed the subject: "How is the QP quantitative investment software developed by Sister Xinghua doing?"

"It has been running for more than a year and has developed multiple versions. Now, Tomorrow Cube mainly invests in the US stock market," Fang Qingye said frankly.

"Your strategy is correct. High-frequency quantitative trading is already very popular abroad, especially in the United States, but it is just emerging in China. Moreover, there is a lot of debate about this trading model in China. Some people believe that high-frequency trading harms the interests of investors, mainly for the following two reasons: First, it disrupts market order and fairness, causing market volatility and risk. Second, it engages in 'predatory pricing' or 'predatory pricing,' encroaching on the opportunities and returns of ordinary investors. Therefore, avoiding the domestic market is a wise choice."

Seeing Huang Tao's very calm words, Fang Qing couldn't help but turn his head and glance at her again.

"What? Am I wrong?" Huang Tao noticed his little action and stopped the conversation to ask.

“I always feel that you are a completely different person now than you are online, both in your speaking style and your appearance and temperament,” Fang Qingye said frankly.

Huang Tao smiled, revealing her snow-white teeth:
"I admit I can be a bit cheesy when I talk online, but you're talking about my looks and demeanor. You've never seen me before. Did Sister Xinghua tell you?"

"No." I've always thought you should be like those girls in your favorite Japanese anime, very kawaii.

"Ha, I'm sorry to disappoint you," Huang Tao said.

"It's not that I'm disappointed. It's just that the contrast is a bit too big, and I can't get used to it all at once," Fang Qingye said frankly.

"It's simple. We can chat on QQ. I'm the cute young woman you've always imagined. In reality, I'm just like this."

Fang Qingye was speechless after hearing Huang Tao's words.

Isn't this a classic case of schizophrenia?
"Peach, shall I treat you to a cup of coffee?" Fang Qingye felt that it wasn't appropriate for the two of them to stroll around the square on such a hot day.

"I'm not drinking coffee anymore, I'm sick of it in America. How about you buy me a milk tea?" Huang Tao said.

"Ok."

The two went to a milk tea shop called Auntie's Milk Tea on the east side of the square and each ordered a cup to drink.

Um.
It's been a long time since I've had this stuff.

I don't like drinking this.

I did drink with Xia He before, but that was two years ago.

(End of this chapter)